ARTICLE II: Meetings

1. An annual business meeting shall be held concurrently with a major scientific meeting such as the Society for Neuro-science Meeting. The President and secretary shall announce and make arrangements for the business meeting. The President shall preside at the business meeting. The secretary shall cause the minutes of the business meeting to be recorded. At this meeting, each officer of the society shall report on his/her activities undertaken for the SSPD during the preceding year.
   
   
2. Scientific meetings shall be scheduled and arranged by the Executive Committee. Generally there will be one annual scientific meeting held concurrently with a major U.S. or international scientific meeting. Various meeting formats such as symposia, workshops, or poster sessions may be used. However, the annual scientific meeting shall include at least one free communications papers session. Papers submitted by a member, or submitted by an associate member and sponsored by a member, shall be included in the program without being subject to review, with those papers submitted first given prefer-ence should the time available restrict the number to be presented.
   
   
3. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be scheduled by the president as required.
   
   
4. The president may arrange mutually sponsored programs in cooperation with other scientific organizations to be held as part of their meetings, should this appear advisable